--- title: The white stork nests on poles and chimneys in Ukrainian villages, b… — The big biology quiz, part 4: everything from le… · tree and pragmatics description: The white stork nests on poles and chimneys in Ukrainian villages, builds huge stick nests it uses year after year, flies to Africa for the winter and returns in spring; many Ukrainians see it as a sign of good luck and home. Who acts: white stork nests, mushroom. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (white stork nests, mushroom), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:biology:400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399.lesson:13 # text = The white stork nests on poles and chimneys in Ukrainian villages, builds huge stick nests it uses year after year, flies to Africa for the winter and returns in spring; many Ukrainians see it as a sign of good luck and home. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = biology # lesson = 400-the-big-biology-quiz-part-4-everything-from-lessons-301-to-399.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 nests nest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 chimneys chimney NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 Ukrainian ukrainian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 villages village NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 builds build VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 nests nest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 after after ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:obl 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 returns return VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 Ukrainians ukrainian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | present | the white stork nests on poles and chimneys in Ukrainian villages *not said here* | huge stick nests | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nest=Product | | 2 | **use** | present | mushroom | huge stick nests *not said here* | | | year | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Patient | | 3 | **fly** | present | the white stork nests on poles and chimneys in Ukrainian villages *not said here* | | Africa | | winter | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to africa=Result | | 4 | **return** | present | the white stork nests on poles and chimneys in Ukrainian villages *not said here* | | | | spring | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | present | the white stork nests on poles and chimneys in Ukrainian villages | mushroom | | | | as a sign of good luck and home | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus as sign=Attribute | | 6 | **sign** | | | good luck and home | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. 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